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The Lagarto, The Grunion and The Wahoo.

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Sailor, Rest Your Oar. Remembering the crew of the USS LAGARTO

In the last months of World War Two, the U.S. fleet submarine USS LAGARTO departed on a war patrol from which it would never return. For sixty years the fate of the submarine had remained a mystery until it was found, silently resting on the [...]

Website Statistics update

Looks like the visits have evened out a bit. It’s interesting to see that our PageViews per visits is up to over three pages per visit. Also, we have 35 posts and 73 comments. This is fantastic. This search is making a difference in people’s lives. To everyone who [...]

NPR Grunion program by KIAL’s Charles Homans in Unalaska

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Long-Lost World War II Sub May Be Found
by Charles Homans
Weekend Edition Saturday, August 26, 2006 · The USS Grunion disappeared in July 1942, leaving 70 American families in grief. Researchers, funded by one of the sons of skipper Mannert L. “Jim” Abele, say they may have found the sub in the [...]

Photos of Contributors to Grunion Project

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John, Brad, and Bruce Abele

Pete - Photographer and family representative

Mike and Chuck - the pilots

The Captain of the Aquila, Kale Garcia and his family

Art Wright and Williamson & Associates sonar team

Vickie Rodgers - Family researcher and her little assistant, grandson Keagan

Newman Lanier - Web site development

LtCol Richard Lane and Yutaka Iwasaki - The [...]

Status Report August 27th

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Status Report August 27th
Bruce
Relatives of Crew: We still have 31 crew members for whom we have not found relatives. (See link to Lost Grunion Family Contacts, also in the links section on the right). I would encourage everybody to pick one at random and see if you can figure a way to locate a relative. [...]